My dad and his brothers were in the Navy in WW II. I was named after MacArthur.
Me too.
MacArthur sure had his flaws but he was one of those larger than
life characters.
My grandmother’s mother and sisters knew little Dougie as a kid
but of course he was a pest being younger than them and a boy.
Their father was Arthur MacArthur’s First Sergeant for several years.
I believe that was Company I of the 13th Infantry at Fort Selden,
New Mexico Territory and in Little Rock in the post war Occupation.
My Grandfather knew MacArthur also. He was national president of the
42nd Division Assn. one year and MacArthur was the Division Chief of Staff in World War One.